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'The children eat 1st': superintendent frames district priorities around students
Summary
'The children eat 1st' is the district's declared 'order of priorities,' Interim Superintendent Dr. Douglas Hendricks Sr. said, meaning policy, budget and decisions should ask whether they leave a child better off.
At a back-to-school address, Dr. Douglas Hendricks Sr. introduced the district motto and guiding principle: "The children eat 1st." He defined the phrase as an "order of priorities," saying children come before politics, preference and adult convenience and that every policy, budget and meeting should answer, "Will this leave a child better than we found them?"
Hendricks connected the priority to practical decision-making rather than as a slogan. He framed it as a standard for evaluating policies and budgets and emphasized trust-building across families, staff and community partners as essential to delivering on that promise.
